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Popular Mechanics September 24, 2008 Andrew Moseman |
Weaker Solar Wind Won't Slow Global Warming, May Threaten Astronauts If a spacecraft keeps chugging along for long enough, eventually it may find something startling. |
Geotimes May 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Sunspot Outlook 2012 The future of the sun appears spotty, according to some solar scientists. By incorporating physical observations of the sun into a model, some scientists predict that the sun will boast more sunspots during its next cycle than previous estimates anticipated. |
Geotimes June 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Sun Cycle to Flare Back up in 2008 Although the new cycle is predicted to be moderate in intensity, scientists warn that it may still strongly impact space-based technologies. |
Geotimes December 2005 Kathryn Hansen |
Sun Fuels Climate Change The recipe for global warming has changed, according to a new statistical analysis of solar output. The sun may be increasing its output and contributing to global warming more than previously thought. |
Geotimes August 2006 Carolyn Gramling |
Todd Hoeksema: A Flare for All Things Solar The researcher at the Wilcox Solar Observatory at Stanford University in California helped NASA create a new "roadmap" for future solar physics research. |
Wired March 24, 2008 Erin Biba |
Prepare for the Worst, Because Solar Storms Are About to Get Ugly Scientists discovered a signal that solar windstorms are on the way and some are predicting that at its peak (in about four years) things are gonna get nasty. |
AskMen.com |
NASA Studying The Sun The most advanced solar observatory ever built rocketed into space Thursday on a five-year quest to shed light on Earth's star. |
Industrial Physicist Dec 2003/Jan 2004 Dawn Lenz |
Understanding and predicting space weather When streams of charged particles from the sun interact with the Earth's magnetic field, there can be serious consequences for electrical power grids, communications networks (radio, television, and telephone), and satellite operations. |
Fast Company April 2010 Damian Joseph |
What's Next: Solar Flares In February, NASA launched a satellite to measure solar activity. The goal: to one day predict the solar system's weather. |
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons |
Catastrophic Solar Flare Scenario Touches Off Stormy Debate Energy from solar flares can harm electrical grids on Earth, but a new study says the sun probably won't plunge the United States into the Dark Ages, as some theorists have said. |
National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel |
Satellite System Rides the Solar Wind A new system for observing space weather is bringing scientists closer to making accurate forecasts for conditions beyond Earth's atmosphere. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 John Kappenman |
A Perfect Storm of Planetary Proportions The approach of the solar maximum is an urgent reminder that power grids everywhere are more vulnerable than ever to geomagnetic effects |
Reactive Reports Issue 32 David Bradley |
Climatic models A fundamental flaw in our models of global climate change has been exposed by Sallie Baliunas of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. |
Geotimes September 2004 Sara Pratt |
Solar Storms Strip Water Off Mars For the first time, scientists have observed a solar superstorm with an array of spacecraft scattered throughout the solar system providing data that may help to explain the disappearance of water from Mars. |
Geotimes September 2006 Lee Gerhard |
Testing Global Warming Hypotheses Global climate change has been a natural phenomenon driven by natural processes for 4.5 billion years. Nevertheless, cultural pressures exist to identify a human cause for current global climate change. |
Reason November 2008 |
Letters Letters to the Editor: Carbon: tax, trade, or deregulate?... |
Scientific American September 2008 David Appell |
The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth--Maybe Researchers debate whether Earth will be swallowed by the sun as it expands into a red giant billions of years from now |
Geotimes October 2005 Kathryn Hansen |
New Flare for Space Weather Prediction Solar flares are not uncommon, and the potential devastation to earth-bound technology and to astronauts is driving researchers to improve existing prediction capabilities. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2007 William B. Gail |
Climate Control We will be able to engineer the Earth to our liking -- but we'd better start now. Before we picked a climate, we would need to evolve the political, commercial, and academic institutions to get us there. |
National Defense November 2011 Dan Parsons |
Solar Storms Could Plunge Nation into Darkness Researchers are racing to understand the effects its energy might have on the U.S power grids in hopes that potential cataclysm can be avoided. |
Geotimes July 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Mercury's Gooey Center Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has a large core, which scientists now know is partially molten and therefore could create a magnetic field around the planet. |
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2009 Andrew Moseman |
The 5 Most Powerful Telescopes, and 5 That Will Define the Future of Astronomy Today's best telescopes are astounding feats -- and astronomers are improving them constantly. |
Scientific American November 7, 2005 Mark Alpert |
Red Star Rising Small, cool stars may be hot spots for life |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 |
Lockheed Martin Instrument to Monitor Solar Eruptions on Latest NASA Sun Mission Data from spacecraft instruments will allow scientists to construct the first ever three-dimensional views of the Sun, providing a new perspective on Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). |
AskMen.com |
Earth-Like Planet Found Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand -- if only it weren't so broiling hot. |
Geotimes July 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
X-ray Eyes in the Sky Scientists are working on the next generation of low-orbiting satellites that they hope will see far past the Earth's surface and into its interior, to better understand the structure and composition of Earth's crust, mantle and core. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Jean Kumagai |
Protecting the Power Grid From Solar Storms New spacecraft will aid forecasts of space weather. |
Geotimes May 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Heat Imbalance Portends Problems Results from a new assessment show that Earth is absorbing more energy than it releases into space, with implications for climate change that researchers say point to future warming with consequences for melting ice sheets and sea-level rise. |
Science News June 26, 2004 |
Tracking Solar Activity Part of the Student Observation Network, this NASA Web site offers information and activities related to solar flares and storms. |
Popular Mechanics November 2008 Toby Jorrin |
New Earthbound Telescopes Will Be Hundreds of Times Sharper Than Hubble The $45 million array of telescopes will reveal enlightening details of stars and black holes. |
Wired December 2004 Patrick Di Justo |
Mysteries of the Cosmos The top 13 places to explore in outer space. |
PC Magazine October 24, 2003 Cade Metz |
Solar Flare Could Disrupt Technology As it moves towards earth from the sun, a geomagnetic storm has already interfered with airline communications. |
Reason October 2005 Sallie Baliunas |
Full of Hot Air Book review: A climate alarmist takes on "criminals against humanity" in Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists and Activists Are Fueling the Climate Crisis -- And What We Can Do to Avert the Disaster, by Ross Gelbspan. |
Searcher September 2011 David Mattison |
Searching for the Stars: Cosmic Views and Databases While amateur astronomers continue to play an important role in the field and are supported by numerous clubs, associations, and their peers, I have primarily examined resources originating from government and academic research environments. |
Wired November 2002 Richard Martin |
The Planet Seekers Giant ground-based telescopes and adaptive optics have brought a new age in astronomy. Now the field's brightest stars are racing to take the first photograph of another world. |
Chemistry World December 2009 Jon Cartright |
Reading between the lines Since its emergence in the mid 19th century, spectroscopy has become the most important tool in astronomy, and in recent years there has been no end to its new discoveries. |
Geotimes March 2004 |
Sedna: Newly sighted planetoid in the solar system At the edge of the solar system, astronomers have unexpectedly sighted an object slightly smaller and farther from the Sun than Pluto -- not quite another planet, but not a temporary visitor either. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2006 Monte Ross |
The New Search for E.T. If extraterrestrials are trying to communicate with us, they're probably using lasers, not radio waves. |
National Defense January 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Earth Needs More Robust Early Warning Space Weather Systems The challenge for the space community is making lawmakers who hold the purse strings understand the importance of space weather forecast, and the impact that events can have on modern technology. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 Ben Ames |
General Dynamics to build antennas for ALMA radio telescope Defense contractors are helping build the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) telescope that will allow astronomers from around the world see galaxies out to the edge of the universe, and stars and planets in their formative stages. |
Geotimes December 2005 Kevin E. Trenberth |
A Warming World Climate change is with us; we cannot stop it, although we can slow it down. It behooves us therefore to track how and why the climate is changing. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
NASA's New Spacecraft Will Touch The Sun Scientists at NASA and Johns Hopkins University are working on a space probe that will literally touch the surface of the sun. |
Popular Mechanics October 28, 2009 Karen Rowan |
9 Wildest Exoplanets Ever Spotted A team of European planet hunters has uncovered a bonanza of 32 new exoplanets, planets outside our solar system. |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2006 Jack Uldrich |
A Bright Day for Solar? Signs suggest solar power might be reaching a tipping point. Investors, take note. |
Smithsonian October 2006 Robert Irion |
The Planet Hunters Never mind the demotion of Pluto to a dwarf planet. Astronomers have found about 200 planets orbiting other stars, and they say it's only a matter of time before they discover another Earth. |
Chemistry World September 27, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Scientists Uncover How Last Ice Age Ended Scientists have shown that the end of the last age 19,000 years ago began in the higher latitudes of the southern hemisphere before sweeping into the tropics. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Mason Peck |
Exploring Space with Chip-sized Satellites The future of space exploration will include swarms of tiny spacecraft. |
Geotimes June 2007 Kathryn Hansen |
So, When Did Earth Become Attractive? Ever since Earth's protective field was discovered in 1958, scientists have been wondering when did the planet grow up and become attractive? |
Science News August 25, 2007 |
Timeline: From the August 21, 1937, Issue A Tower to Stop the Sun... New Comet is Discovered; Finsler's Has Second Tail... Sex Found in One-Celled Animal Considered Sexless... |
Geotimes February 2007 Kathryn Hansen |
Creating a Formula for the Northern Lights A new formula could help researchers predict space weather events, which can affect electronic and communication systems. |